I went makeup shopping this weekend for the first time in a very long time, only because my lipstick was completely gone and I needed more. I am absolutely monogamous to lipsticks anymore.

144 Inches of I-Cord: Champagne, brownies and yarrrrn

All my knitters in the back click clack
Gonna take the craft fair back
Don’t be whack yo, show your craft
Don’t be taking no flack from the crochet bitches
Their bullshit craft got me in stitches and purls
Cause it’s a knitter’s world.
Their lameass craft ain’t nothing but cheese
Knitta please.

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Libretillas on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Flickr: Photos from Macky’s hat

Of course, most of the other patterns out there are not hip enough for me, as odd as that may sound to those of you who have a sense of my hipness…but the level of dorkiness achievable by knitting can make me look like Dave frickin’ Eggers.

But to come back to the point, this is a pretty engaging overview, though the use of knitting direction and writing direction as evidence seems a little fuzzy to me. I also have concerns about that Indus Valley reference. As far as I can tell, Dura-Europos is in Syria. (Thought wouldn’t it be great if we found out the Indus Valley Script was actually the earliest knitting notation?) Other than that, both entertaining and informative—particularly the stuff on nalbinding.

Also, I want to make a joke about the “first dateable hunk of knitting,” but in order to make it sound credible, I’d need a sex change and a time machine.

knitty: History 101

As usual most abroad do not think I am American until I open my mouth. Lufthansa crews invariably addressed me in German, and in Istanbul was generally assumed I am Italian or Spanish. Ship’s crew thinks I am Jewish, chefs keep advising me which dishes contain pork.

The Panopticon: Notes from Istanbul

Scrap Fish on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

MAKE: Blog: Felted Squid

Laundry symbol guide – Lifehacker